Improved school desk and seat



UNITED' STATES PATE'I 'QFFICEL GEORGE MUNGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND J. 7.

. SCHERMERHOBN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVED SCHOOL DESK AND SEAT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,824, dated September 4, 1866.

TO all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, GEORGE MUNGER, of the city, county, and State of New York, havein- Vented a new and Improved School Desk and Seat; and I do hereby declare that 'the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skllled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this Specification, in which Figure l represents a transverse section of a school-desk constructed according to this invention When taken apart and put up ready for shipping. Fig. 2 is atransverse section of the same When put up for use. Fig. 3 is a lon gitudinal Vertical section of the same. Fig. et is a sectional plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a school desk and seat or to a settee of that class generally used in schools, which is constructed of a number of pieces joined together by dovetails or flat tougues and grooves in such a manner that the desk Or settee can be readily taken apart and packed in a comparatively small Compass, and when it is to be used it can be put up by any person of ordinary mechanical skili Without much loss of time.

A A represent two Standards, which are made of cast-iron or any other suitable material in the forn] Or sh ape required for the article to be produced. For a school desk and seat said standards are provided with two arms Or brackets, a a, which are intended to support the seat B, and the top edgesof the Standards, as well as the top edges of the brackets a a, are provided With dovetailed tongues b to fit into correspondin g grooves in the under surfaces of the seat B and of the top C, as shown particularly in Fig. 3. The

is therefore necessary to take for the back a number of strips, so that the same can adapt themselves to the curved edges.

The upper strip, c is provided with a square groove in its top edge, (see Fig. 2,) and this groove, f, corresponds to a tongue on the under surface of the top C, so that by pushing said strp up after the top is in its place the groove of the strip will engage with the tongue of the top, and said top is securely held in position.

Under the top and at a suitahle distance from the same is the shelf E, which is supported by ribs or tongues 6 cast or otherwise attached to the inner surfaccs of the standards A. These tongucs engage with corresponding grooves in the ends of the shelf, and said grooves are provided with stops f, (see Fig. 4,) so that when the shelves are introduced from the front and the strips Composing the back are in place, said shelves cannot be pushed out in either direetion, the stops f retaining them in one, and the hack D in the opposite, direction.

The seat B is held in place by a screw, g, passing up through it and sorewing into the bottom edge of the back D, and this is the only screw required in putting up my desk and seat.

It is Obvious that the same construction is applicable to a simple settee without the desk or top C and shelt' E, and in this case the form only of the standards will be changed; but the seat and back will be secured in their places in the same or in a similar manner, as above described.

If desired, the seat may also be made in sections and curved to render it more convenient for the person using it than it is when made flat.

By these means a school desk and seat Ora settee is obtained which can be easily taken apart and put up in a small compass for shipping, and which, when arrived at its place of destination, can be easily put up in a short time and without requiring any peculiar mechanical skili, which is of great importance in Shipping furniture t schools in the country, and in such places where labor is scarce and difficult to be had.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an article of manufacture, a desk consisting of the standards A, brackets a, both having their top edges (lovetailed, grooved seat B, grooved top C, groovecl back-strips c, grooved shelf E, With stops f, constructed and combined as and for the purpose specified.

The above Specification of myinvention Signed by me this 6th day of June, 1866.

GEO. MUNGER.

Witnesses WM. F. MCNAMARA, W. HAUFF. 

